Odonis Odonis are a Canadian industrial and electronic music group from Toronto, Ontario.[1]
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 Odonis Odonis performing in 2021 | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Website | odonisodonis |
History
editOdonis Odonis was formed by Dean Tzenos after he left Ten Kens,[2] and also included Jarod Gibson and Denholm Whale.[3] In 2009 the trio recorded a group of tracks that would become their album Hard Boiled Soft Boiled, but then released a different set of material as their debut album Hollandaze in 2011. That album appeared on the !earshot Campus and Community National Top 50 Albums chart in January 2012.[4]
Hard Boiled Soft Boiled, was eventually released in 2014.[2] The album was marked by a dichotomy between the first half of the album, which comprised aggressive and hard-edged industrial music, and the second half, which softened into shoegaze-influenced electronic dream pop.[5] In addition to the album's Polaris nomination, the band received a Prism Prize nomination in 2015 for their video "Order in the Court", directed by Lee Stringle.[6]
In 2016 the band followed up with their third album, Post Plague.[3] The compact disc version was released by felte, the vinyl version by felte and Telephone Explosion Records and the compact cassette tape version by Geertruida.[7][8]
In 2017 the band released their fourth album, No Pop.[9] The record received an 8.1 rating from Pitchfork[10]
Their fifth album, Spectrums, was released on October 15, 2021.[11] The album was nominated for the 2023 Juno for Electronic Album of The Year.[12]
Discography
editStudio albums
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| Hollandaze |
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| Hard Boiled Soft Boiled |
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| Post Plague |
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| No Pop |
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| Spectrums |
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| Lotus Plaza/Odonis Odonis |
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| Better |
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| Reaction |
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| ICON |
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Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2023 | Juno Awards | Electronic Album of the Year | Spectrums | Nominated | [13] |
References
edit- ^ "Odonis Odonis Talk Their New Old Album 'Hard Boiled Soft Boiled'". Exclaim!, April 10, 2014.
- ^ a b "Odonis Odonis: Everything New Is Old". Exclaim!, April 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "We did a virtual reality interview with Toronto's Odonis Odonis". Now, June 21, 2016.
- ^ "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 3, 2012". !earshot.
- ^ "Odonis Odonis – ‘Hard Boiled Soft Boiled’". NME, April 11, 2014.
- ^ "Prism Prize announces Top 10 best Canadian music videos of 2014". Vancouver Sun, February 12, 2015.
- ^ Darville, Jordan (April 26, 2016). "Odonis Odonis's "Nervous" Is A Visceral Pushback Against The Online World". The Fader. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ Taake, Sandro (June 24, 2016). "Odonis Odonis' 'Post Plague' album out now". Maxazine. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ Daniel Sylvester, "Odonis Odonis: No Pop". Exclaim!, October 16, 2017.
- ^ "Odonis Odonis: No Pop". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ Matt Bobkin, "Odonis Odonis Announce New Album 'Spectrums'". Exclaim!, March 9, 2021.
- ^ Paul Grein,"The Weeknd Tops 2023 Juno Awards Nominations: Full List". Billboard, January 31, 2023.
- ^ "2023 ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR | Odonis Odonis |". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved January 25, 2024.